Condé Nast announced on Monday that Stefano Tonchi, editor of the New York Times’ T magazine and style editor for NYT mag, will become the new editor-in-chief of the company’s single-letter title: W.
Last week, Condé Nast moved the consumer-facing W out of the Fairchild Fashion Group, where fashion trades like Women’s Wear Daily operate. As part of that announcement, the publisher said W editorial director Patrick McCarthy would relinquish that post, though continue as FFG chairman through the end of the year.
Tonchi – who once worked for Condé Nast’s Self — begins the W gig April 12.
W is big and glossy, but it’s gotten downright waifish in recent years.